Recently, Time Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer received ….. computer-operated robot, she chuckled charmingly and insisted she was real.. Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies Sh
Trang 1A Read the text and fill in the blanks with correct articles (a, an, the)
Recently, Time Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer received … phone call from … apparently bright and engaging woman asking him if he wanted … deal But he soon got … feeling something
wasn't quite right
After asking … telemarketer point blank if she was … real person or … computer-operated robot, she chuckled charmingly and insisted she was real Looking to press … issue, Scherer asked her …
series of questions, which she promptly failed Such as, "What vegetable is found in tomato soup?" To which she responded by saying she didn't understand … question When asked what day of … week it was
yesterday, she complained of … bad connection (ah, … oldest trick in … book).
… Time reporter called … company directly, identified himself and said Time was doing … story about … robot who calls people on … company's behalf "We don't use robot calls, sir," said … person who answered … phone, before promptly hanging up … phone
B Match the vocabulary to the appropriate definition.
1 apparent
2 engage
3 point blank
4 chuckle
5 press an issue
6 the oldest trick in the book
7 on behalf
C Listen for yourself:
D Discussion
1 What role will robots play in our society later this century? (companions, workers, computers, etc )
2 How much of the human body will be replaced by machines? Will there be androids in the future?
3 Can you think of movies that have robots in them? What were they about? Did you enjoy it?
Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She's a Robot
(Dec 10, 2013)
a to insist on raising/discussing/resolving a problem
b as the representative of somebody or instead of them
c to attract and keep somebody's attention and interest
d seems to be real or true but may not be
e a well-known way of deceiving someone, though still effective
g very clear and direct, and not very polite
You will hear two conversations between the telemarketer and the reporter
Listen, then answer these questions:
1 Why is the telemarketer calling?
2 What excuses does the telemarketer keep making?
3 What does the reporter want the telemarketer to say?
Why doesn't she say it?
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Trang 2A Read the text and fill in the blanks with correct articles (a, an, the, -)
Recently, Time Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer received a phone call from an apparently bright and engaging woman asking him if he wanted a deal But he soon got the feeling something wasn't quite
right
After asking the telemarketer point blank if she was a real person or a computer-operated robot, she
chuckled charmingly and insisted she was real Looking to press the issue, Scherer asked her a series of
questions, which she promptly failed Such as, "What vegetable is found in tomato soup?" To which she responded by saying she didn't understand the question When asked what day of the week it was yesterday,
she complained of a bad connection (ah, the oldest trick in the book).
A Time reporter called the company directly, identified himself and said Time was doing a story about the
robot who calls people on the company's behalf "We don't use robot calls, sir," said the person who
answered the phone, before promptly hanging up the phone
B Match the vocabulary to the appropriate definition.
1 apparent D
2 engage C
3 point blank G
4 chuckle F
5 press an issue A
6 the oldest trick in the book E
7 on behalf B
C Listen for yourself:
D Discussion
1 What role will robots play in our society later this century? (companions, workers, computers, etc )
2 How much of the human body will be replaced by machines? Will there be androids in the future?
3 Can you think of movies that have robots in them? What were they about? Did you enjoy it?
Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She's a Robot
(Dec 10, 2013)
a to insist on raising/discussing/resolving a problem
b as the representative of somebody or instead of them
c to attract and keep somebody's attention and interest
d seems to be real or true but may not be
e a well-known way of deceiving someone, though still effective
g very clear and direct, and not very polite
You will hear two conversations between the telemarketer and the reporter
Listen, then answer these questions:
1 Why is the telemarketer calling?
2 What excuses does the telemarketer keep making?
3 What does the reporter want the telemarketer to say?
Why doesn't she say it?